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Venezuelan Popular Unity

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Venezuelan Popular Unity
Unidad Popular Venezolana
LeaderLina Ron
Founded6 February 2004
IdeologyBolivarianism
Communism
Socialism
Anti-imperialism
Marxism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationGreat Patriotic Pole
Website
upvsucre.es

Venezuelan Popular Unity (Unidad Popular Venezolana) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela.[1] It supported president Hugo Chávez[1] and currently supports his successor Nicolás Maduro.[citation needed] It won one seat in the National Assembly in the 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election.[1] It merged into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 2007[1] but then was reinstated as a party in 2008.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Lansford, Tom (2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-2711-2.